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Dairy-beef breeding surges as farmers chase value beyond the farm gate
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (510+ words) Farmers are increasingly considering the value an animal can deliver beyond the farm gate when making...sexed semen and better information, mating dairy cows to beef sires is becoming an important part of farmers...“Farmer interest in beef-on-dairy continues to…...
Hugh Jackson opens up about pressure after Young Farmer win
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1241+ words) For many years Hugh Jackson had set his sights on winning the FMG Young Farmer of the Year award, one...Speaking at this year’s FMG Young Farmer of the Year Award ceremony, Hugh expressed his gratitude for...Along with the…...
Farmers face higher NAIT levies despite majority opposition
1+ week, 6+ day ago (582+ words) By Monique Steele of RNZ Farmers are facing higher levies for a mandatory livestock tracing programme...But 63 percent of 69 submitters – including farmers and meat processors – opposed them, due to concerns...West Otago sheep farmer Mike McElrea of Tapanui agreed the…...
Wool education and animal welfare day hones young farmers’ skills
2+ week, 6+ day ago (362+ words) Young Farmers members, farm workers, cadets and young owner-operators from Otago and Southland recently...Connor Miller, national committee delegate for Otago and Southland Young Farmers, said the aim was to...to their place of work and use as a skill,…...
Young Farmers wants your stories from the past 100 years
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (205+ words) New Zealand Young Farmers wants help telling the story of its 100 years of history....those stories together and celebrate the people, clubs and communities that have shaped NZ Young Farmers...and communities – the clubs, regions and rural communities that have…...
NZ flower market offers opportunity for farmers
16+ hour, 23+ min ago (424+ words) For farmers and growers looking to diversify, a gap in New Zealand’s flower market could offer an opportunity...
Farmers’ favourite mince recipes find new home in food parcels
1+ week, 4+ day ago (301+ words) initiative is the latest development in the organisations’ ongoing partnership, which works with farmers...The generosity of farmers and businesses like Pāmu means we can get good, nutritious food into communities...
Daffodils keep farmer’s legacy blooming decades later
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (393+ words) By Gianina Schwanecke of RNZ Daisy Groves was apparently renowned for her green thumb. At Marangai, a 1200-hectare sheep and beef farm near Tinui east of Masterton, there are reminders of her all around the garden. Perhaps ironically – given her…...
Testing more resilient pastures on-farm
3+ week, 2+ day ago (512+ words) As farmers look for pasture species better suited to increasingly variable weather conditions, DairyNZ...is leading one of the country’s biggest research programmes to address a gap identified by farmers:...As part of the Resilient Pastures programme, farmers have made…...
Why dairy’s next generation needs more than farming skills
3+ week, 5+ day ago (628+ words) Too many dairy farmers are stepping into contract or sharemilking jobs without the business skills and...industry support required to succeed, Canterbury dairy farmer and Kellogg graduate Luke Doyle says....We develop some of the best dairy farmers technically in…...